Woven fabric.



No. 738,218. PATENTED SEPT. s, 1903. a

H. J. MAOKINTOSH & R. R. TWEED.

WOVEN FABRIC- APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY J. MACKINTOSH AND ROBERT E. TWEED, OF AUDUBON, NEW JERSEY.

WOVEN FABRlC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,218, datedSeptember 8, 1903.

Application filed June 5, 1903. Serial No. 160,139. (No specimens.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY J. MACKIN- rosn and ROBERT R. TwEEn, citizensof the United States, and residents of Audubon, Camden county, NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVovenFabrics, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in woven fabrics, and the objectof our invention is to furnish an improved chenille-faced hard-backfabric suitable more particularly for carpets or rugs.

Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a diagrammatic view of one form of our improved fabric, andFig. 2 a similar view of a modification of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in both figures.

a b c are three warpthreads forming two sheds, one above the other, eachof which is adapted to receive a filling-thread. The filling-thread ofthe upper plane is lettered d, that of the lower plane c.

f is a fourth warp-thread adapted to engage the chenille threads g andcertain or every one of the upper plane of filling-threads (Z. In Fig. 1the warp-thread f engages every other one of the filling-threads c7, andin Fig. 2 every one of these threads.

Our fabric is a three-weft one having a chenille thread held by theupper shed and two planes of filler-threads, the first held by themiddle shed and the second by the lower shed. .Upon the face of thefabric is shown the chenille threads, upon the back the warpthreads a bc and the filler-threads e are shown, and as these latter threads areall preferably formed of jute the back of the fabric is smooth and hard,while it is given the desired body by the two planes of filling.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. A three -weft fabric having a face ofchenille and an upper and a lower plane of filling, said planes offilling being held by upper and lower sheds formed by three warpthreads,and said chenille being held by a shed formed by a fourth warp-threadwhich engages the upper plane of filling-threads only.

2. A three-weft chenille-faced fabric having four warp-threads, three ofwhich form a lower and a central shed, each of which hold a separateplane of filling, the fourth warpthread engaging every other shot offilling in the upper plane of filling and forming a shed for holding thechenille.

HARRY J. MACKINTOSH. ROBERT E. TVEED.

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Gnonen W. SELTZER, CHARLES A. BUTTER.

